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Indonesian investors are the most bullish in Asia, with sentiment rising on the on the back of high expectations in real estate and stocks, a global fund manager says.

Manulife Financial said this week that its latest survey of investor sentiment showed Southeast Asia’s largest economy on the leading edge of a trend of rising optimism across Asia, gaining six points in March to 60 overall based on perceptions of returns across asset classes. Read More »

In 2013, babies born in Singapore will be the luckiest in Asia, according to a survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The survey, which measures a country according to the opportunities it will provide residents for a healthy and prosperous life in decades to come, ranked the city-state as the sixth-best country to be born in this year. Topping the list was Switzerland, followed by Australia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Hong Kong, ranked as the 10th-best place to be born in 2013, with Taiwan coming in 14th – both beating the U.S., which came in 16th. Read More »

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E-commerce sites and mobile apps are drawing on data they’ve collected from users to better understand how and when people shop during the Islamic holy month. Here’s a look at some of what they’ve discovered.

All that burning rubbish in Indonesia may be taking its toll, with nearly a quarter of people surveyed in a recent poll saying waste management was the most prominent environmental issue in the country.